Haubenschild Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Finnally home , now I can get the Countach finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Finnally home , now I can get the Countach finished How was the trip?, did you have a good time? I guess I should get some pics posted to what I have done,well its not alot. Starting with 599, getting the engine painted started working on the chassis, I decided to lower this one, here is a pic of the front after I may the mod to lower it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Little bit more done on the 599 Engine is on the chassis I should of did the exhaust in a different color Here is the grill, I need to repaint it and here it is on all fours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Is that grill molded in originally? Lookin pretty racy so far. I see you fancy black wheels on your builds lol. looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) The grill comes chrome plated, I think it will just look better, to me for some reason chrome does not look good. I have no idea why I keep doing black wheels, just like I dont know why I keep buying ferrari kits . The Jag is going to have chrome wheels, and if I ever get flocking that I can use, it will get done. I have now bought two different things of flocking, and both I can use. One is too dark, and the last one I got, its close enough in color, but its all clumpy Edited July 19, 2012 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 thats wild. I think i wanna do flocking on a some i wanna build but I don't know which flocking or embossing powder i wanna buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Flocking is fiber, embossing is like a powder, I bought some embossing powder and it does not look like carpet at all, get flocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Interesting. I'll have to check into that some more . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 I will do side by side pic so you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 ok cool cool. i'm not in a giant rush as i need a couiple parts to collect before i start this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Ok, just trying to help save you from wasting money like I see to keep doing with this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 lol i def. appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 I forgot I threw the powder stuff away , but here are some interior pics First on is with the embossing powder (what you dont want) this is flocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 ah i see i see yeah you're right i'll have to look on sat. morning for some for sure. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Got some paint on the body, not sure if I am sticking with this color, I used this same color on my Aston DBS, but it looks better on it, I am thinking maybe something lighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 The body has been painted, have a few spots I need to sand , and then I will do one more wet coat , color is Model Master Ford Blue Pearl lacquer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'm partial to my square BMW's in blue, black or a light silver. The I'd go something lighter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno356SC Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi all. Sorry for the radio silence. I have finished the dash in my 904. I basically removed the pre-molded gauges and knobs (which looked nothing like a Porsche dash) and scratch built it. What do you think? The first pic is a test. The 2nd shows faces in bezels as test fit. The 3rd shows the faces installed with pin head and styrene needles. 4th is final with epoxy "glass". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno356SC Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The Audi R8 is done, posted in under glass, here is a sneak peak That R8 looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi all. Sorry for the radio silence. I have finished the dash in my 904. I basically removed the pre-molded gauges and knobs (which looked nothing like a Porsche dash) and scratch built it. What do you think? The first pic is a test. The 2nd shows faces in bezels as test fit. The 3rd shows the faces installed with pin head and styrene needles. 4th is final with epoxy "glass". Those gauges look killer, nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Wow, nice work on the gauge's , much better then the kit ones, how did you make them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno356SC Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi Jonathan. Thanks! It was pretty easy actually. First I removed the molded gauges and buttons from the plastic part using a very small chisel. Then i sanded it. Following this, I used my dremmel to acutally drill holes almost as large as the gauges themselves. you can see that here: (The toggle switches are starter button wereb purchased online.) To find the correct Porsche-era gauges, I went to North Hollywood Spedometer's website. (They do gauge restoratio and restored the clock on my 1:1 1964 Porsche 356 .) Luckly they had some excellent straight on shots of their work. I copied them over to my mac and I used photoshop to scale them to the size I wanted. I didnt print on decal paper, but rather high quality photo paper instead. I was looking for something with a bit of heft. While I did sand the paper a little after I cut the gauges out, it was still thick enough to pierce a pin through the centre. This gave me the centre pin for the needles. The needles were made using very thin styrene rod cut to lenth. A long one on one side of the pin head, a shorter one on the other. I used a VERY sharp #11 blade to cut the extra off and make a arrow-head point. The chrome bezels were made by cutting aluminum tubing in a mitre box and then sanding using sanding sticks to get the right thinkness. I used all the grades from corse to super-fine. I also used a metal polish at the end to give it a extra-sheen. I glued the gauge faces with needle installed onto the dash using CA glue. The extra length of pin (I left 2 cm for good measure) went into the holes I created with the dremmel. Finally, I used 5-min epoxy for the "glass". I found this time it dried funny, cracked or something. So I topped it off with Model Master's Top Clear Coat. Hope this explains it. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Well I can say all that work paid off, those are some darn nice looking gauges, they look real. Now be honest, you have a shrink ray gun dont ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Here is the interior, well getting it painted And here is the body after a wet coat of clear Edited July 24, 2012 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 That's purty. Lookin' good there Jon can't go wrong with a tan saddle on your Prancing Horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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